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Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

JL;DR SUMMARY Agnes Keleti, a prominent figure in both gymnastics and Jewish history, passed away at the age of 103. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustRaoul WallenbergHungaryAgnes KeletiGymnasticsOlympicsJewish PerseveranceAthletic LegacyCommunism In Hungary

Places mentioned

Budapest, Hungary
"Keleti died Thursday at 103 in Budapest, to which she returned after decades in Israel where she is credited with creating the countrys gymnastics program to live near her son."
Israel
"She ended up in Israel at the urging of a former teacher from Budapest, who persuaded her to attend the 1957 Maccabi Games after she sought asylum in Australia when she was stranded there because of political violence in Hungary."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"In 1972, Keleti joined Israels Olympic team in Munich but was away from the countrys quarters when Palestinian terrorists attacked and killed 11 members of the delegation."
Sweden
"Her mother and sister were saved by Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarian Jews before being abducted by the Russians."

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